Quintus Opimius ( Latin Quintus Opimius ; 2nd century BC.) - An ancient Roman military leader and politician from the plebeian clan Opimiev , consul 154 BC. e. Commanded in the war with the Ligurs .
| Quintus of Opimius | |||||||
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| Birth | II century BC e. Rome | ||||||
| Death | after 154 BC e. Rome | ||||||
| Kind | Opimia | ||||||
| Father | Quintus of Opimius | ||||||
| Children | Quintus of Opimius, Lucius Opimius | ||||||
Content
Origin
The quintus of Opimius belonged to the noble plebeian family of Opimiev . Capitoline fasts report that both father and grandfather of Quintus bore the same name [1] ; nothing more is known about them [2] .
Biography
Sources say that in his youth, Quintus Opimius enjoyed infamy, which was not forgotten even after his consul . In particular, Mark Tullius Cicero tells how Quintus was joked by the "merry Egilius, feminine only in appearance." In response to the words "Ah, you, my Egilia, when will you come to me with your spindle and tow?"
Quinta’s political career was not reported to the consul. Presumably Opimius began his cursus honorum after 167 BC. e., since otherwise it would be mentioned in Titus Livius [2] . According to the law of Willius , he was due no later than 157 BC. e. hold the position of praetor [4] . In 154 BC e. he became consul , and his colleagues in this position were first patrician Lucius Postumius Albin , and after the death of the latter - plebeian Manius Atzilius Glabrion [5] .
The Senate sent Quintus Opimius to war with the Ligurs , who were at enmity with the Roman ally Massilia and attacked two Roman legates . The consul invaded Liguria from Placenza and took the city of Egitna, whose inhabitants he sold into slavery. On the Apron River, he was attacked by a 4,000th detachment of the Oksibiev tribe, but he easily sent him to flight, and then defeated the Decades who came to the aid of the enemy. Both tribes surrendered. The quintus of Opimius gave part of their lands to Massilia and ordered them to be given hostages to the Massilians, and then returned to Rome [6] . Most likely he did not receive a triumph, although the Senate easily honored many other commanders with such honors for victories in Liguria [7] .
Nothing is known about the future fate of Quintus Opimius, except for two anecdotal stories told by Cicero and Guy Lucius [7] .
Descendants
Quintus Opimius supposedly had two sons. The elder, also Quintus, appears in a hypothetical genealogy only as the father of Quintus , a tribune of 75 BC. e., and Lucius, a participant in the Allied war [8] . The second, Lucius , was consul in 121 BC. e., and became known as an opponent of Guy Sempronius Gracchus [9] .
Personality
Polybius called Quintus Opimius in connection with the Ligurian war a "very smart" person [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Capitoline fasts , 154 BC e.
- ↑ 1 2 Opimius 10, 1939 , s. 678
- ↑ Cicero, 1994 , About the Speaker, II, 277.
- ↑ Broughton R., 1951 , p. 447.
- ↑ Broughton R., 1951 , p. 449.
- ↑ 1 2 Polybius, 2004 , XXXIII, 11.
- ↑ 1 2 Opimius 10, 1939 , s. 679
- ↑ Opimius 6, 1939 , s. 678
- ↑ Opimius, 1939 , s. 673–674.
Sources and Literature
Sources
- Capitoline fasts . Site "History of Ancient Rome". Date of treatment November 18, 2016.
- Polybius . General history. - M. , 2004 .-- T. 2 .-- 765 s. - ISBN 5-17-024957-8 .
- Mark Tullius Cicero. About the speaker // Three treatises on oratory. - M .: Ladomir, 1994. - S. 75—272. - ISBN 5-86218-097-4 .
Literature
- Broughton R. Magistrates of the Roman Republic. - New York, 1951. - Vol. I. - P. 600.
- Münzer F. Opimius // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1939. - Bd. XVIII, 1. - S. 672-674.
- Münzer F. Opimius 6 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1939. - Bd. XVIII, 1. - S. 677—678.
- Münzer F. Opimius 10 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft . - 1939. - Bd. XVIII, 1. - S. 678-679.